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The award-winning much-loved children’s picture book Where the Wild Things Are is now translated into te reo Māori. With the same lively, creative illustrations as the original book, the te reo Māori version retains the simplicity and imagination of Maurice Sendak’s story, capturing Max’s feisty character, the magic of the adventure and ‘wild rumpus’, and the pleasure of things returning to normal.

The award-winning much-loved children’s picture book Where the Wild Things Are is now translated into te reo Māori. With the same lively, creative illustrations as the original book, the te reo Māori version retains the simplicity and imagination of Maurice Sendak’s story, capturing Max’s feisty character, the magic of the adventure and ‘wild rumpus’, and the pleasure of things returning to normal.

About the Author

Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak is the well-known author and illustrator of a host of children’s books. Beginning as an artist, he illustrated over 80 books authored by others before he went on to produce more than 50 books of his own. He also produced animated stories for television and video, adapted Where the Wild Things Are for stage and designed sets for opera...
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